The programme was initiated by The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, for the youth during the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in 2013.

According to Japan’s Ambassador to Kenya Tatsushi Terada, the Initiative is a strategic four-year to provide one thousand African youth with opportunities to study Masters degrees at Japanese universities and do internships in enterprises there.

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